With huge wins comes inevitable loss, and with loss comes seething rage. We found the best places to work out your anger issues, whether it means clawing your way up a cliff or slugging it out (barefisted, natch) in the boxing ring. Welcome to sports, Vegas-style

Rock Climbing at Red Rock Canyon
WHY: Because there's nothing as simultaneously calming and terrifying as dangling from a sandstone overhang up to 1,000 feet above the ground.
WHAT IT IS: Less than an hour west of the Strip, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area comprises nearly 200,000 acres of gorgeous desert. There's a sinuous scenic drive, 30 miles of trails, and some 2,000 Class V climbing routes.
BUT BEWARE: Rock climbing is one of the world's most dangerous (and deadly) outdoor sports.
WHO DOES IT: Hard-core climbers and lovers of solitude.
HOW TO DO IT: Desert Rock Sports offers instruction and guides (702-254-1143; desertrocksportslv.com; $150 for a half day).

Wakeboarding on Lake Mead
WHY: Because there's no better way to get up close to America's largest man-made lake (not to mention the Hoover Dam).
WHAT IT IS: Lake Mead National Recreation Area straddles the Colorado River 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas.
BUT BEWARE: Summer temperatures often exceed 120 degrees; combined with severe reflection, third-degree sunburn is a distinct possibility (which won't do much for your rage).
WHO DOES IT: Teens and young singles.
HOW TO DO IT: Las Vegas Water Sports offers a daylong "Ultimate Lake Mead Adventure" that includes wakeboarding, waterskiing, and tubing in a chartered speedboat (702-565-1576; lvwatersports.com; $150 per person, four-person minimum).

Las Vegas Motor Speedway Racing School
WHY: Because you can't drive 200 miles per hour back home.
WHAT IT IS: Tool around the super oval or the road course at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in authentic NASCAR or Indy cars or a race-prepped BMW Z3.
BUT BEWARE: Don't try to replicate this on the Strip.
WHO DOES IT: Everyone from college students to grandmothers.
HOW TO DO IT: The Mario Andretti Racing School offers a year-round slate of courses at the speedway. Choices include eight laps around the track with a professional driver ($75) and a 225-minute course ($3,999) to earn your official SCCA road racing license (877-722-3527; andrettigordon.com).

Stratosphere
WHY: Because if there's anything as exhausting as the thrills you'll get from this, we haven't found it.
WHAT IT IS: Atop the Stratosphere observation tower--which is as high as the Empire State Building's observation deck--is a trifecta of thrill rides guaranteed to make your hands sweat. They include a giant teeter-totter and a mechanical arm, both of which leave you dangling more than 1,100 feet above the Strip.
BUT BEWARE: "Extreme vertigo" doesn't even come close to describing that feeling in the pit of your stomach.
WHO DOES IT: Local teens, college students, and adrenaline junkies.
HOW TO DO IT: Tower admission and unlimited use of all three rides costs $34 per day (702-380-7777; stratospherehotel.com/thrills).